Re: PHP and HTML - Templates Man

Use XML. That's what it was designed for. -Szii At 01:23 AM 6/29/00 -0400, Christian Calloway wrote: >Wow, I only saw one reference to using templates in the replies to this >question. Anyways, one of the basic paradigms of web development, is the >seperation of script logic and markup presentation. You wanna keep your php >scripting as far away from your html as possible, which can be done via one >of the many (to many) available template engines for php. You never ever >want to output little bits of html from your script, it will just make >things incredibly difficult to maintain (trust me, i've been there). Why? >Well if you want to change the markup/presentation of your page, all you >have to do is edit a seperate template file which contains all of your >markup, throw it into Dreamweaver for example, make your changes, then throw >it back on the server. No programmattic changes have to be made, so your >code/logic can remain intact. > >The only problem is there is not set specification for Template engines, as >in there is nothing defining what their exact behavior should be and all of >their interfaces vary. Pain in the ass if you ever want to change template >engines.. I really wish they would build one into php... > > >"Steven Reed" wrote in message ... >>Hello All, >> >>I am new to PHP, i was wondering which method is best for displaying HTML >on >>PHP pages, efficiently. >>Is it to embed the HTML statements inside of Echo statements, or to close >>the PHP tags and then have normal HTML ? >> >>Thanks in advance - Steven. >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >>For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >> > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >